imperial blooms and golden globes of autumn chrysanthemum sprays in churches and hospitals guilt at the petrol station © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Image found on www.dailymail.co.uk My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #20 Chrysanthemums In this episode of Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor, following yesterday’s 7th Tanka Writing Technique by Teika, ‘clever treatment’, Chèvrefeuille’s prompt is […]
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Out of Shadows
sizzle of white noise slithers out of sleep shadows silence is broken © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My seventh haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
At About Six O’clock
I watch morning creep through the blind, a peeping tom or sneak thief invading our room. You are still a shadow hunched in the middle of the bed, soothed by the loud ticking of the clock imitating the rhythm of heavy rock, while I savour sizzling silence. I pad barefoot down the stairs to feed […]
Wisteria Incense
warmth of summer breeze stirs wisteria blossoms sweet breath of incense © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Revise That Haiku #7 Wisteria Blossom by Kiyoshi (father of Yozakura) Just for fun, we have a new episode of the special feature ‘Revise That Haiku’ in which the challenge is to re-create a haiku […]
Fragile Beauty
darkness is splintered by coloured light through stained glass echoes of rainbows will the homeless find solace in the warmth of the windows? © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #19 Teika’s 7th Tanka Writing Technique “clever treatment” (prompt: fragile beauty) In this new episode of our Tanka Splendor month Chèvrefeuille […]
Depression
concrete walls close in full of faded grey despair and daytime TV colour peels with the paintwork and withers with the flowers © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #18 depression Chèvrefeuille’s prompt for the day is depression, which he thinks can challenge us to think out of the box. In this […]
Lamplight
echo of footsteps in lamplight’s lonely shadows leads the foot-weary through cold, late-night city streets in the direction of home © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My response to Carpe Diem Tanka Splendor #17 loneliness In this Tanka Splendor episode, the prompt is loneliness and Chèvrefeuille has shared a tanka and a haiku on this topic. all […]
Silent Padlocks
on the lamp-lit bridge metal locks symbols of love in silent embrace © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My sixth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Bubbles of Silence
noisy waterfall bounces down rocks creating bubbles of silence © Kim M. Russell, 2016 My fifth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
Silent Lights
in the busy square the premature Christmas tree lights remain silent © Kim M. Russell, 2016 Christmas Tree in the Market Square in Wroclaw in preparation for Christmas My fourth haiku for the Carpe Diem First Winter Retreat 2016 the kick off – find the silence
writing in north norfolk 